The Many Flavours Of Wisdom - Proverbs (Part 2)

PR O V E R B S PROVERBS W i s d o m W i s d o m f o f o r r a l l a l l Proverbs 1:2-7 (ESV) 2To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, 3to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, 6to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. 7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:2 (ESV) To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, 2 Samuel 12:19 (ESV) But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. Proverbs 3:5 (ESV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding [lit. insight]. Proverbs 2:3 (ESV) yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, Proverbs 4:7 (ESV) The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Deuteronomy 4:5-6 (ESV) See, I [Moses] have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding [lit. insight] in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding [lit. insightful/discerning] people.’ Proverbs 1:3 (ESV) to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; Proverbs 9:10 (ESV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. ’ 1 Corinthians 2:11–14 (ESV) For who knows a person s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the 12 Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by 14 God. . . . The natural person does not accept the things [i.e., the thoughts and insights] of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. Proverbs 14:35 (ESV) A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully. Proverbs 17:2 (ESV) A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. Joshua 1:8 (ESV) This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. fi Genesis 3:1 (ESV) Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the eld that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” fi Proverbs 8:12 (ESV) “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I nd knowledge and discretion. Proverbs 22:3 (ESV) The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. Proverbs 15:5 (ESV) A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. Proverbs 19:25 (ESV) Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. Luke 16:8 (ESV) The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. Proverbs 2:11 (ESV) discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, Proverbs 2:11–15 (ESV) discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, 12delivering you from the way of evil, from 13 men of perverted speech, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of 14 darkness, who rejoice in doing evil and 15 delight in the perverseness of evil, men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. Proverbs 11:14 (ESV) Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety. Proverbs 24:6 (ESV) for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory. Proverbs 1:4 (ESV) to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Proverbs 7:7 (ESV) and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, Proverbs 29:15 (ESV) The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. Job 32:9 (ESV) [Elihu speaking] It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right. Ecclesiastes 4:13 (ESV) Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. Proverbs 1:5 (ESV) Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, Proverbs 15:12 (ESV) A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise. 1 Corinthians 1:18 (ESV) For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. fi 1 Corinthians 1:21–24 (ESV) For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who 22 believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks 23 seek wisdom, but we preach Christ cruci ed, a stumbling block to Jews and folly 24 to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.